Adolfas Mekas

Adolfas Mekas

Lithuanian film director (1925–2011)

Adolfas Mekas was a Lithuanian-born American filmmaker, writer, director, editor, actor and educator. With his brother Jonas Mekas, he founded the magazine Film Culture, as well as the Film-Makers' Cooperative and was associated with George Maciunas and the Fluxus art movement at its beginning. He made several short films, culminating in the feature Hallelujah the Hills in 1963, which was played at the Cannes Film Festival of that year and is now considered a classic of American film.

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 1 film (1963) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field.

Year ▲ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1963 Hallelujah The Hills New Yorker Films 81 min 16mm Color & B&W sound